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Robert Smalls by Jacob

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Facts you have to know for SOL.

Robert Smalls was a Sailor in South Carolina.
Gave the "PLANTER", a Confederate ship, to the commander of the Union fleet as a contribution by Black Americans to the cause of freedom.
he was an American naval capton honored by President Lincoln

Funfacts! :)

Robert Smalls Saved his family from slavery!
He used to be a slave.
He told the Union where the Confederates were hiding!
He became a South Carolina congressman.